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Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixoteis finally making its way to theaters after an arduous journey — and they have a new trailer to prove it. The film, which made its world premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, will play via via Screen Media and Fathom Events in over 700 U.S. cinemas and select…

Indie film distributor Screen Media has hired Michael Messina as EVP Distribution and Lisa Burgueno as VP Digital Distribution. The moves from the company, acquired in 2017 by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, comes at it plans to increase its release slate to 20 films or more per year.
Both execs are on the…

In the Paul Weitz-directed Bel Canto, Julianne Moore plays a famous soprano who heads to South America to perform at a swanky birthday party for a wealthy Japanese industrialist (Ken Watanabe). But the fancy gathering is rudely interrupted when the house is taken over by a guerrilla rebel group demanding the release…

Screen Media has secured the North American rights to Robert Schwartzman's (Dreamland) sophomore film, The Unicorn, which had its world premiere at the recent SXSW Film Festival. The romantic comedy, which will be released sometime this year, stars comedians Lauren Lapkus and Nick Rutherford as an indecisive couple…

Screen Media Films has nabbed North American distribution rights to director Eric England's thriller Josie, toplined by Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner, Dylan McDermott and Jack Kilmer. The film, based on the Black List script Huntsville by Anthony Ragnone, will be released day-and-date in theaters in March. It…

Screen Media Films has secured the North American rights to Ryan Eggold directorial debut film Literally, Right Before Aaron, which had its world premiere at last month’s Tribeca Film fest. Starring Justin Long, Cobie Smulders, Ryan Hansen, John Cho, Kristen Schaal, Peter Gallagher, Dana Delany, Lea Thompson, and…

Screen Media Films is ready to party with Ripped, bogarting North American and UK rights to the time-travel stoner comedy starring Russell Peters and Faizon Love. The red-eyed pic will get a day-and-date release June 23.
Directed by Brad Epstein from a script he co-wrote with Billiam Coronel, Ripped tells the story…

Screen Media Films has acquired U.S. rights to Ana Lily Amirpour's The Bad Batch, a day before its North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. The deal, which was negotiated well into the night, comes after the film scored a Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival where it had its world premiere. With…

Screen Media Films has acquired U.S. rights to writer-director Michel Gondry’s Microbe & Gasoline, which bowed at the 2015 New York Film Festival. A July 1 release is planned in New York (the Landmark Sunshine Cinema) and Los Angeles (the Nuart Theatre) ahead of a platform release.
The StudioCanal pic is about two…

EXCLUSIVE:Screen Media Films has acquired U.S. rights to Rio, I Love You, the third in the Cities of Love franchise that includes 2006’s Paris, je t’aime and 2008’s New York, I Love You. The indie distributor has set an April 15 release date in New York, followed by L.A. and additional markets in a platform release…

Screen Media Films and Verdi Productions have acquired worldwide rights to Bad Hurt, Mark Kemble's drama that premiered at Tribeca last year. The film will hit theaters and VOD day-and-date on February 12. Bad Hurt chronicles a family's hopeful battle to stay together as personal demons and destructive secrets…

We’ve all known someone with a lot of talent who squandered it with self indulgence and self-loathing, but thankfully none of these people have super powers. What would happen if they did? Screen Media Films has acquired the rights to American Hero, director Nick Love’s “anti-superhero” dramedy starring Stephen Dorff…